Demonstrate control of tenses and sentence structure.We _ (laugh) at the funny clowns.
Correct answer: D. Laughed
- A. Laugh
- B. Laughs
- C. Laughing
- D. Laughed
Explanation
It cannot be option A, because there is no first-person participle. Cannot be option B, because there is no third-person participle. Cannot be option C, because there is no 'were' in the given sentence to conjugate it with. The correct option is D.
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